Creativity starts when you cut a zero from your budget. Jaime Lerner More Quotes by Jaime Lerner More Quotes From Jaime Lerner Brazil will change when its cities change. Jaime Lerner brazil cities Curitiba is not a paradise. We have all the problems that most Latin American cities have. We have slums. We have the same difficulties, but the big difference is the respect given by people due to the quality of the services which are provided. Jaime Lerner differences cities latin We can’t have landfills forever and we can’t ask others to accept our trash. Jaime Lerner landfills accepting forever Every city in the world can be improved in less than three years. Jaime Lerner three cities years We have to change from 'ego-architecture' to 'eco-architecture.' Jaime Lerner eco ego architecture The design of a city is like a strange archeology. Jaime Lerner design strange cities Bureaucracy is like a fungus that contaminates everything. Jaime Lerner government-bureaucracy bureaucracy fungi Garbage removal is a citizen responsibility. Jaime Lerner citizen garbage responsibility Sometimes the media gives us the impression that we are terminal patients, because of problems of global warmth or the ozone layer. And the people, they don't understand that they can could change this situation for the better if they could act locally in a city. Jaime Lerner problems city change people There is no place in a city that can't be better. There is no toad that can't be a princess, no frog that can't become a prince. Jaime Lerner city better place princess A system of bus rapid transit is not only dedicated lanes. You have to have really good boarding conditions - that means paying before entering the bus and boarding at the same level. And at the same time having a good schedule and frequency. Jaime Lerner good you bus time There are three major issues now that are becoming important, not only for cities, but for all mankind: Mobility, sustainability - which is linked to mobility - and social diversity. Jaime Lerner sustainability diversity important
